Over the past few years, China has increasingly promoted the concept of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” and implemented policies to promote it nationwide. Now, China is extending the target audience of this concept to include foreign nationals. Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, as early as in May 2018, had already launched a brand-new “private affairs”

Harvey Law Group’s global managing partner, Jean-François Harvey, tells IMI his firm is phasing out of the golden visa market, opting instead to focus on startup and entrepreneur visas, a category of immigration that, he points out, adds more value to the destination economy – and his firm.

This article was contributed by José Mineiro Announced by Prime Minister Antonio Costa last November and formally opened on March 15th this year, Portugal’s new Startup Visa program aims to attract intellectual capital for the purpose of generating wealth and qualified employment through innovation and know-how. Unlike conventional residence-by-investment programs, the Startup Visa is tailored specifically to